Short link. Probably more to follow.

The Swedish Academy handed out two prizes this year, after they were forced to suspend the prize last year amid a metoo scandal which saw most of the Academy’s members either resign voluntarily or be forced to resign. There’s been a lot of speculation about how they were going to restore their reputation this year, and they spent a long portion of the press conference explaining their new process, whereas in past years they haven’t felt compelled to do so.

It was expected that at least one of the two prizes would go to a woman, with Margaret Atwood being one of the odds favorites (the bookmakers’ picks never win, so I don’t know whether we should put much stock in them, but they do reflect pre-award buzz). I’m not too familiar with either author, but it’s interesting that they chose Peter Handke. He’s one of Europe’s most controversial authors for his decades-long support of Serbia and Slobodan Milosevic’s actions during the Yugoslav Wars. He once compared Serbians to the Jews during WW2, visited Milosevic in prison when he was on trial for war crimes, and spoke at the man’s funeral. He’s also hailed as one of the greatest living German-language authors. It’s like the Academy decided to throw feminists a bone by awarding a woman the prize, but then couldn’t resist jumping headlong into controversy again right away.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/

Video direct link:
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/store/promo/steamawards/Steam_Awards_2018_04_NoCountdown.mp4

Wikipedia table with results:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Awards#2018

The "Game of the Year" Award	The "VR Game of the Year" Award
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Monster Hunter: World Kingdom Come: Deliverance Hitman 2 Assassin's Creed Odyssey	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR VRChat Beat Saber Fallout 4 VR Superhot VR
The "Labor of Love" Award	The "Best Developer" Award
Grand Theft Auto V Dota 2 No Man's Sky Path of Exile Stardew Valley	CD Projekt Red Ubisoft Bethesda Rockstar Games Digital Extremes Square Enix Capcom Paradox Interactive Bandai Namco Entertainment Klei
The "Best Environment" Award	The "Better with Friends" Award
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Subnautica Shadow of the Tomb Raider Far Cry 5 Dark Souls III	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Payday 2 Dead by Daylight Overcooked! 2
The "Best Alternate History" Award	The "Most Fun with a Machine" Award
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Hearts of Iron IV Civilization VI Fallout 4	Rocket League Euro Truck Simulator 2 Nier: Automata Factorio Space Engineers

Previous discussion here

Nominees for Game of the Year:

• “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”
• “Monster Hunter: World”
• “Kingdom Come: Deliverance”
• “Hitman 2”
• “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey”

Nominees for VR Game of the Year:

• “VRChat”
• “Beat Saber”
• “Fallout 4 VR”
• “Superhot VR”

Nominees for Labor of Love:

• “Dota 2”
• “Grand Theft Auto V”
• “No Man’s Sky”
• “Path of Exile”
• “Stardew Valley”

Nominees for Best Environment:

• “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”
• “Subnautica”
• “Shadow of the Tomb Raider”
• “Far Cry 5”
• “Dark Souls III”

Nominees for Better with Friends:

• “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive”
• “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege”
• “Payday 2”
• “Dead by Daylight”
• “Overcooked! 2”

Nominees for Best Alternate History:

• “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus”
• “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey”
• “Hearts of Iron IV”
• “Sid Meier’s Civilization VI”
• “Fallout 4”

Nominees for Most Fun with a Machine:

• “Euro Truck Simulator 2”
• “Rocket League”
• “NieR: Automata”
• “Factorio”
• “Space Engineers”

Nominees for Best Developer:

• CD Projekt Red
• Ubisoft
• Bethesda
• Rockstar Games
• Digital Extremes Ltd.
• Square Enix
• Capcom
• Paradox Interactive
• Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Klei